英语听力：Prophet Muhammad 先知穆罕默德 - 12
时间：2019-02-25 作者：英语课 分类：英语听力：文化博览2008年
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For three years, the Muslim army held out against staggering odds 1. As word of the fighting spread, other Bedouin tribes saw God's hand in Muhammad's victories. One by one the peoples of the desert began to join in his struggle. The Muslim army grew and the tide began to turn.
The Muslim forces advanced to the outskirts 2 of Mecca. It was a furious siege that lasted for nearly a month, until finally the city fell to Muhammad. In 630 AD, the terrified people of Mecca braced 3 for the onslaught. Muhammad's army was returning home, now ten thousand strong. The vanquished 4 knew the terrible fate that awaited them.
According to the moulds of tribal 5 warfare 6, the Meccans could expect a big revenge. The men are usually killed; women and children are sold into slavery. There is little pity for the loser in a tribal war. Of course that's standard around the world.
But Muhammad had a surprise in store for the fallen city.
When Muhammad came into Mecca, and not only did not carry out a bloody 7 revenge, but actually embraced the very Meccans who had fought him for three years and attempted to annihilate 8 him. It was very shocking to people in his milieu 9. So within the very founding of a religion, one finds episodes of great generosity 10, often extraordinary acts of kindness and mercy.
But not all of Mecca escaped Muhammad’s rough. Flush with victory, his troops marched straight to the Kaaba. Seven times they circled the shrine 11, as those who would come to seek its protection appeal to their idols 12.
n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别
- The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
- Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？
n.郊外，郊区
- Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
- They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。
adj.拉牢的v.支住( brace的过去式和过去分词 )；撑牢；使自己站稳；振作起来
- They braced up the old house with balks of timber. 他们用梁木加固旧房子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The house has a wooden frame which is braced with brick. 这幢房子是木结构的砖瓦房。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v.征服( vanquish的过去式和过去分词 )；战胜；克服；抑制
- She had fought many battles, vanquished many foes. 她身经百战，挫败过很多对手。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I vanquished her coldness with my assiduity. 我对她关心照顾从而消除了她的冷淡。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
adj.部族的，种族的
- He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
- The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。
n.战争(状态)；斗争；冲突
- He addressed the audience on the subject of atomic warfare.他向听众演讲有关原子战争的问题。
- Their struggle consists mainly in peasant guerrilla warfare.他们的斗争主要是农民游击战。
adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染
- He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
- He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。
v.使无效；毁灭；取消
- Archer crumpled up the yellow sheet as if the gesture could annihilate the news it contained.阿切尔把这张黄纸揉皱，好象用这个动作就会抹掉里面的消息似的。
- We should bear in mind that we have to annihilate the enemy.我们要把歼敌的重任时刻记在心上。
n.环境；出身背景；(个人所处的)社会环境
- Foods usually provide a good milieu for the persistence of viruses.食品通常为病毒存续提供了一个良好的栖身所。
- He was born in a social milieu where further education was a luxury.他生在一个受较高教育就被认为是奢侈的社会环境里。
n.大度，慷慨，慷慨的行为
- We should match their generosity with our own.我们应该像他们一样慷慨大方。
- We adore them for their generosity.我们钦佩他们的慷慨。
n.圣地，神龛，庙；v.将...置于神龛内，把...奉为神圣
- The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.这处圣地是人们朝圣的目的地。
- They bowed down before the shrine.他们在神龛前鞠躬示敬。